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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1900
Page
7
A letter from 1900 shows Dr. Ayer advising Mrs. Murray on treating her ailing son with Cherry Pectoral cod liver oil and nutrition plus outdoor air. The firm stresses giving medical guidance over mere medicines and highlights successful recovery in a closing testimonial.
A collage of oddities and old product pitches notes sunstroke rarity in arid regions, claims no tornadoes west of the seventy seventh meridian, and includes advertisements for Beeman's Gum GHOVE’s TastEness Vermifage and Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup. It mentions public roads in Peru and a Philadelphia undertaker with an auto hearse.
In a New York tenement at 80 Ludlow Street Mrs Kopsecker dies by suicide after a life of poverty. Her husband Abraham struggles to support eight year old Benny and six year old Sarah as she becomes blind from consumption and stops sewing. Neighbors help the grieving family as the children share a last candy piece.
The New York Mail and Express describes two walking advertisements from a cheap clothing house meeting on Broadway. One man, a comical jester, parades mid street while the other, a boxed sandwich man, stands on the curb with boards displaying his ad. Their expressions reveal mutual contempt.
Among the fineries of Queen Margherita of Italy is a lace handkerchief valued at $30,000. Three lacemakers worked twenty years to craft it. The piece is nearly as light as a cobweb and folds so small it can be pressed into a gold sheath the size of a cherry stone.
R G Dun weekly review notes no serious backward drift in business with steady prices and cheerful crop advices. Rail steel prices may fall about $10 per ton as rails ready for year ahead orders emerge. Iron centers report strong demand for finished material while coke output drops. Wheat prices slip to mid year lows. farmers show willingness to sell. Exports light but buying for foreign accounts active. Bradstreets sees irregular currents but overall balance amid seasonal conditions. Textile trades quiet. western trade optimism rises with large Missouri corn crop and Illinois output. isolation cure cited as a newer medical concept.
The article notes cast steel manufacture in India dating back over 2,000 years and cites ancient wrought iron work. It mentions a near Delhi pillar near the Kutub that weighs ten tons and is believed to be about 1,800 years old.
Paris August 20 Judges at the Paris Exposition awarded a gold medal to Walter Baker & Co Ltd of Dorchester Massachusetts for their cocoa and chocolate preparations The company claims to be the world leading manufacturer and notes this is their third award from Paris Exposition and other expos In Europe and America
The article notes that a single oak in leaf can lift about 123 tons of water during its growing months. This moisture evaporates and helps form rain clouds, illustrating how forests balance evaporation and precipitation to mitigate floods and droughts according to the Cincinnati Enquirer.
The New York Vermont slate belt runs about 55 miles through Washington County New York and Rutland County Vermont with most quarries now in Vermont. East of the quarries the Taconic mountains rise, part of the Green mountains, beyond which lie Vermont marble quarries where Senator Proctor earned his wealth. The mountains mark the divider between two major stone industries, New York and Vermont.
A Philadelphia Record feature recalls a barber who states he once gave a particularly harsh shave to a chronic tipping customer who refused to pay. He notes the man’s nickel was plugged, and the barber resolved to seek payment through a sharp, memorable shave.
A Kansas City Journal note describes Southern Alaska with half water and countless inlets and bays. The water remains crystal clear in salt and fresh forms, allowing visibility of fish and marine life to depths of 20 to 30 feet. No sandy beaches or tide flats exist, timber reaches the shoreline, and the cold waters keep fish and shellfish edible year round.
A Florentine traveler disguises himself to Potala Tibetan claims of the Dalai Lama reincarnating in a newborn. An altar vigil, the infant speaks in a grown voice declaring Buddha has chosen the child as his earthly dwelling. Abbe Hue confirms the child recalls past life details.
A soldier of fortune proclaims he has wooed and won wealthy Miss Blank. A friend mocks the match, noting Miss Blank's temper and fortune, and asks how long the honeymoon will last. The reply reframes the union as a harvest moon, not a honeymoon, reflecting the comic tone of the New York Commercial Advertiser.
Health warnings warn against mercury in catarrh ointments and urge consulting reputable physicians. The ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo and cautions buyers to ensure genuineness. Other items promote Allen's Foot Enna powder for foot problems, Dr Kline's nerve restorer, Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets, and mentions of Copenhagen as a Danish fortress.
Miss Enna Faepenton of Troy Ohio writes of yellow muddy skin tiredness and bearing down pains with three months of missing menses and white discharge. Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound is praised by many women including Miss Eona Freperton who says it helped her after years of illness. A Windsor Pa woman thanks Mrs Pinkham noting backache relief and improved strength after prolonged illness treated unsuccessfully by physicians.
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